classic rock

The Fletcher Memorial Home ( Pink Floyd )

Take all your overgrown infants away, somewhere, And build them a home, a little place of their own. [] The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants [] and kings. [] And they can appear to themselves every day, [] On closed circuit T.V. to make …

The fool on the hill ( The Beatles )

day after day, alone a hill the man with foolish grin is keepinf perfectly still but nobody wants to know him, they can see that he's just a fool and he never gives an answer but the fool on the hill sees the sun going …

The Free Electric Band ( Albert Hammond )

My father is a doctor, he's a family man My mother works for charity when ever she can They're both good clean Americans who abide by the law They both stick up for liberty and they both support the war. My happiness was paid for …

The Great Pretender ( Freddie Mercury )

[] Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender, [] Pretending I'm doing well. [] My need is such, I pretend too much, [] I'm lonely but no one can tell [] Oh yes, I'm the great pretender, [] Adrift in a world of my own [] …

The Gunner's Dream ( Pink Floyd )

Floating down through the clouds Memories come rushing up to meet me now. In the space between the heavens And in the corner of some foreign field, I had a dream, I had a dream. Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma. After the service when you're walking …

The Happiest Days of our Lives ( Dúndurfréttir, Pink Floyd )

When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could By pouring their derision upon anything we did Exposing every weakness, however carefully hidden by the kids But in the town it was well …

The heat is on ( Glenn Frey )

The heat is on, on the street Inside your head, on every beat And the beat's so loud, deep inside The pressure's high, just to stay alive 'Cause the heat is on Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you …

The Jean Genie ( David Bowie )

A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city Strung out on lasers and slash back blazers and Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters Talking 'bout Monroe and walking on Snow White New York's a go-go, and everything tastes nice Poor little Greenie …

The Letter ( The Box Tops )

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane, Ain't got time to take the fastest train Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, My baby just wrote me a letter. I don't care how much money I gotta spend, Got to get back to my baby …

The Living Years ( Mike + The Mechanics )

(for original key of G#) Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come beating on your door I know that I'm a prisoner To all my Father held so dear I know that I'm a hostage To all his hopes and …

The Logical Song ( Supertramp )

[] When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical. And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, Oh Joyfully, oh playfully watching me. But then they send me away to …

The Long and Winding Road ( The Beatles )

The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear, I've seen that road before It always leads me here, lead me to your door The wild and windy night that the rain washed away Has left a pool of tears crying …

The Long Run ( The Eagles )

I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot I used to stay out till the break of day Oh, that didn't get it, It was high time I quit it I just couldn't carry on that way Oh, I did some …

The Luck of the Irish ( John Lennon, Yoko Ono )

If you had the luck of the Irish You'd be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you'd wish you was English instead! A thousand years of torture and hunger Drove the people away from their land …

The Man in Me ( Bob Dylan )

The man in me will do nearly any task, And as for compensation, there's little he would ask. Take a woman like you To get through to the man in me. Storm clouds are raging all around my door, I think to myself I might …

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( Gene Pitney )

When Liberty Valance rode to town The womenfolk would hide they'd hide When Liberty Valance walked around The men would step aside Cause the point of a gun was the only law That Liberty understood When it came to shooting straight and fast He was …

The man who sold the world ( David Bowie, Nirvana )

[] [] [] We past upon the stairs Spoken walls of when Although I wasn´t there Said I was his friend Which came as a surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone A long, long time ago Oh no, not me …

The Midnight Special ( Creedence Clearwater Revival )

Well you wake up in the mornin' you hear the work bell ring And they march you to the table to see the same old thing. Ain´t no food upon the table and no pork up in the pan. But you better not complain boy …

The Needle And The Damage Done ( Neil Young )

I caught you knocking at my cellar door, I love you, baby, can I have some more? Oh the damage done. I hit the city and I lost my band, I watched the needle take another man, Gone, gone, the damage done. I sing the …

The Night Before ( Paul McCartney )

[] We said our goodbyes (Ah the night before) Love was in your eyes (Ah the night before) Now today I find you have changed your mind Treat me like you did the night before [] Were you telling lies (Ah the night before) Was …

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ( The Band )

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train, 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive. By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, …

The Power of love (Huey Lewis and the News) ( Huey Lewis and the News )

[] [] [] [] The power of love is a curious thing make a one man weep, make another man sing Change a hawk to a little white dove more than a feeling that's the power of love [] Tougher than diamonds, bricks like cream …

The Pretender ( Jackson Browne )

[] I'm gonna rent myself a house in the shade of the freeway Gonna pack my lunch in the morning, and go to work each day And when the evening rolls around, I'll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning …

The Rain, The Park & Other Things ( The Cowsills )

I saw her sitting in the rain Raindrops falling on her She didn't seem to care She sat there and smiled at me Then I knew (I knew... I knew... I knew... I knew) She could make me happy (happy... happy) (She could make me …

There's A Place ( The Beatles )

There's a place where I can go when I feel low when I feel blue And it's my mind and there's no time When I'm alone I think of you the things you do Go round my head the things you've said Like I love …

The River ( Bruce Springsteen )

I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen We'd ride out of that valley down to where the …

The River Of Dreams ( Billy Joel )

In the middle of (I go walking in) In the middle of (I go walking in) In the middle of (I go walking in) In the middle of (I go walking in) In the middle of the night, (in the middle of the night) I …

These Dreams ( Jim Croce )

Once we were lovers, But somehow things have changed. Now we're just lonely people Tryin' to forget each others' names. Now we're just lonely people Tryin' to forget each others' names. What came between us? Maybe we were just too young to know. But now …

The Shape I'm In ( The Band )

Go out yonder, peace in the valley Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in Has anybody seen my lady This living alone will drive me crazy Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in I'm gonna …

The Show Must Go On ( Dúndurfréttir, Pink Floyd )

Oooh Ma Oooh Pa, must the show go on ? Oooh Pa take me home Oooh Ma let me go There must be some mistake, I didn't mean to let them Take away my soul, Am I too old is it too late ? Oooh …

The Sound of Silence ( Simon and Garfunkel )

[] Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again. [] Because a vision softly creeping Left it's seed while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains [] Within the sounds of silence. [] In …

The Spider And The Fly ( The Rolling Stones )

Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin' Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight Smoking moping, maybe just hopin' Some little girl will pass on by I don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home I remember what she said She said, "My, my, …

The Things We Do For Love ( 10CC )

Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea You lay your bets and then you pay the price The things we do for love The things we do for love Communication is the problem to …

The Thin Ice ( Pink Floyd, Dúndurfréttir )

Mamma loves her baby and daddy loves you too and the sea may look warm to you babe and the sky may look blue Ooooooooooooh babe Oooooooh baby blue Ooooooooooh ooooooh babe If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging …

The Trial ( Dúndurfréttir, Pink Floyd )

Good morning worm your honour The crown will plainly show The prisoner who now stands before you Was caught red handed showing feelings Showing feelings of an almost human nature This will not do Call the schoolmaster I always said he'd come to no good …

The Wanderer ( Johnny Cash )

I went out walking through street paved with gold Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones of a city without a soul I went out walking under an atomic sky, where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns like the tears when …

The Weight ( The Band )

I pulled in to Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead. I just need some place where I can lay my head. "Hey, Mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned, shook my hand, "No" was all …

The Wind Cries Mary ( Jimi Hendrix )

After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness staggering on down the street Footsteps dressed in red And the wind whispers Mary A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken peices of yesterday's …

The Wizard ( Uriah Heep )

He was the wizard of a thousand kings and I chanced to meet him one night wandering. He told me tales and he drank my wine. Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine. He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire. And …

The Wonder of You ( Elvis Presley )

When no-one else can understand me When everything I do is wrong You give me hope and consolation You give me strength to carry on And you're always there to lend a hand In everything I do That's the wonder the wonder of you And …

The Word ( The Beatles )

Say the word and you'll be free, Say the word and be like me. Say the word I'm thinking of, Have you heard the word is love? It's so fine, It's sunshine, It's the word..love. In the beginning I misunderstood, But now I've got it, …

The World Turns All Around Her ( The Byrds )

Well if you think she's everything you could want And if you think she's everything that could be Well I still think the world turns all around her And I still wish that she belonged to me I don't know how I ever could thought …

Things We Said Today ( The Beatles )

You say you will love me if I - have to go. You'll be thinking of me, somehow I will know. Someday when I'm lonely, wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember things we said today. You say you'll be mine, girl, …

Think For Yourself ( The Beatles )

I've got a word or two to say about the things that you do Your telling all those lies About the good things we can have if we close our eyes Do what you want to do And go where your going to Think for …

Thirteen ( Johnny Cash )

Bad luck wind been blowin' at my back I was born to bring trouble to wherever I'm at Got the number 13 tattooed on my neck When the ink starts to itch, then the black will turn to red I was born in the soul …

This boy ( The Beatles )

That boy Took my love away He'll regret it someday But this boy wants you back again That boy Isn't good for you Though he may want you too This boy wants you back again Oh and this boy would be happy Just to love …

This Road That I Walk ( Conway Twitty )

Well this road that I walk is a mighty lonely road And this load that I bear is a mighty heavy load And this song that I sing is a mighty lonesome song I had a true love but I've done her wrong He had …

Through The Morning, Through The Night ( Robert Plant, Alison Krauss )

Believe me when I tell you I will try to understand Believe me when I tell you I could never kill a man But to know that another man's holding you tight Hurts me little darling Through the morning, through the night The bond has …

Thunderstruck ( AC/DC )

Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder I was caught In the middle of a railroad track (Thunder) I looked round And I knew there was no turning back (Thunder) My mind raced And I thought what could I do? (Thunder) And …

Thursday ( Jim Croce )

Well it started out just like a dream And like a dream I knew that what we had, Would have to end Cuz' I was lookin' for a lifetime lover and, You were lookin' for a friend Someone to be there After all your night …